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I am dead tired but falling asleep is pure hell

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I should of been asleep 5 hours ago. Now my day is ruin. Either by not sleeping feeling pure $h^t or somehow falling asleep and wasting my day away.

This has been happening on and off daily for about 6 months now.

I get panic attack and anxiety sometimes during day but it is manageable except when it comes to time to sleep. That is when all hell breaks loose.

I don't know what it is. Everything is all good, I start to doze off and bam! Just pure panic and fear. Over and over. I wake screaming punching holes in the wall. I am losing my mind!

I went to hospital after being up for 50 hours and they gave me Lorazapams. Which did help me sleep but the downside is hell and I found myself taking them couple times a week.

I don't wanna take these pills they make me feel like sh^t. I am out anyways.

I went to see a therapist but they made me sit in a group with a room full of junkies with issues. I don't drink or do drugs. They said 1 on 1 consulting was not the answer for me.

I'm here posting this cause I have no where to turn and no one to talk to. Life really sucks right now. Is this life?

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  • allison30388
    allison30388 Dreamless

    Posted

    I would definitely push to get one on one, if not at that place, another place. Is there anything you've been experiencing lately that may cause stress or something in the past that happened that may cause it? What has your doctor said about it?

    ​I would say life is life and sometimes it's hard and sometimes it's easy. I had major anxiety and depression issues that spiked last year and has happened before a couple years ago. I couldn't sleep, I'd actually dread coming home to sleep because I would worry so much that I couldn't fall asleep and I'd either drive to work and just sit in the parking lot to sleep or go into work early just because I couldn't sleep. One on one therapy helped me a bunch and I also took mirtazapine when I couldn't sleep last year, it'd knock me right out through the night but I relied heavily on counseling and my own willingness to get better.

    • Dreamless
      Dreamless allison30388

      Posted

      I am going to see some new counseling at a different place in 2 weeks. I really don't see what 1 on 1 counseling could help. I am stubborn in that sense.

      Honestly I might be having a mid life crisis even though I mid 30s. I don't like where I am in life. Doc wants me see counselor also.

      It sucks, insomnia sucks.

    • allison30388
      allison30388 Dreamless

      Posted

      I feel that counselors will focus on only you compared to a group of people where group counseling is more you receive help by hearing the stories of others with some input from the counselor. I would go into it with an open mind though, try not to bring your thoughts about how it's probably not going to work into it because then it's probably not going to work at that point.

      ​I am 25 and feel like I am at a mid life crisis so you're not alone.

  • anxietysite123
    anxietysite123 Dreamless

    Posted

    .....one on one counseling is exactly what you need. You need a different doctor. Anybody who is qualified would be able to tell you that you need a psychiatrist. Have you tried lavender essential oils? I get it off of the Etsy site.. Rub some on your temples before bed, it does really calm you.. Actually anything lavender scented may help you. Also maybe try melatonin. Natural sleep aid. Also, do you have caffeine during the day? Cut down all sugars and caffeine after 5pm so your body can relax quicker and heart rate be calm.
    • Dreamless
      Dreamless anxietysite123

      Posted

      Hopefully I get 1 on 1 in a few weeks but I don't know how it will help.

      I will try the oil but melatonin makes me sleepy but being tired was never the problem. It was getting to sleep and staying.

      I don't drink caffeine or even sugared drinks. Maybe sweet tea couple times a week.

  • andrew73133
    andrew73133 Dreamless

    Posted

    I dread sleep I have no trouble getting to sleep but after about 2 to 3 hours later I wake up and my mind starts racing then a wave comes over me and I need to get out of the bedroom, sometimes I have stood in the garden in the early hours cos I felt disconnected from the world and I couldnvbreath its horrible for about half an hour then I worry its going to happen every night so sleep is hell I am seeing a councillor but its early days I just wish I was back to my old self before all this crap
    • Dreamless
      Dreamless andrew73133

      Posted

      Yea after 3 hours I wake in panic and been trying for 2 hours to get back to sleep. My head hurts and Im so tired. This sucks. Why does this happen?
  • Dreamless
    Dreamless

    Posted

    Why do I feel such dread????
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